'Stars on Sunday' choirs plan new record

By A Staff Reporter
The explosion of music which began in St. Winifred's Primary School, Heaton Mersey, Stockport, five years ago, reached Yorkshire Television's "Stars on Sunday" this week.
Sister Aquinas, the headmistress, said interest in folk music and guitar-playing began when Miss ()live Moore, one of the teachers, formed a choir among children of 8 to II.
Miss Moore comes from a family of singers and dancers and her enthusiasm was catching. St. Winifred's now has two choirs and is planning to cut a second record.
Both choirs, one of which is made up of girls who left the school on obtaining their 11-plus, sing at Masses in the parish church of St. Winifred's. So many children showed interest in learning to play the guitar they were split into two groups -one under Mks Moore, another under Miss Terry Foley.
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Fr. Charles Jeffries has succeeded Fr. Gerald Coates as Director of the Religious Education Service of the diocese of Arundel and Brighton. Fr. Coates, who helped to establish the service in 1966, is to be parish priest of St. John the Baptist, Brighton.
Fr, Jeffries, who was ordained in 1967. had previously held an Army commission and then taught in the dockland area of London before going to St. John's Seminary, Wonersb. From 1967 to 1972 he was assistant priest at Cobham, Surrey. He has just completed a diploma course in religious education at Corpus Christi College. London.
Another appointment to the diocesan Religious Education Service is that of Sister Elizabeth McNulty. of the Congregation of Our Lady of the Missions. She will he the first nun to work full-time with the service.
She has 20 years' teaching experience, with recent diplomas in theology at Maynooth and in reliaious education at Notre Dame. Liverpool, Her work will be to
assist religious education teachers in infant and junior schools throughout Surrey and Sussex.
The other members of 1[12. team are Fr. Eric Flood, who specialises in secondloy school work, find Fr. Paul Edwards, who is developing religious education courses for children in non-Catholic schools. The children presented their first record, "Hear, 0 Lord," to the Queen for her silver jubilee this year, and Sister Aquinas said it was graciously acknowledged. Using a recording studio run by one of the parents they are now planning a record of Christmas songs. More than 60 of the school's 460 boys and girls are in the choirs, which have also entertained old people and patients jn hospital.
The parents are "absolutely thrilled" with the children's television debut, Sister Aquinas 5:' id.